The whale wrapped her in his arms, feeling the gentle rhythm of her heart and breath. She was truly alive, and Ruri responded to the affection calmly. The two remained embraced, while she clearly sensed the intense mixture of pain and relief emanating from him.
"Master... sorry..."
"You fool. Still got the nerve to call me that?" The whale spoke dryly, but his words carried no resentment.
A smile spread across everyone’s faces in the room before they slowly left. Rehvka was the only one to leave a comment. "Don’t be too soft on her, master. She may be small, but she can take quite a bit... if you’re not satisfied, you can call me."
"Get out!" Ruri retorted promptly.
Rehvka gave a sarcastic smile and left quietly. When everyone was gone, Ruri lowered her eyes and nestled into his chest, unable to meet his gaze. After a few minutes, she murmured:
"I... I know I promised to follow your orders, but... forgive me." There was no response, and a tense silence hung in the air. After a few seconds, the whale slowly released her and placed her sitting on the bed.
He met her gaze, and the two silently observed each other for several minutes, listening to the beats of their own hearts. Ruri couldn’t bear his gaze, and she lowered her eyes fearfully. The whale sighed softly and spoke.
"You’re no longer a child and have the right to make your own decisions. As my companion, I’m disappointed, but as your master, I feel like I can trust you more now. I can’t win everything alone and need someone who can challenge my expectations and find other solutions that I haven’t seen... you found the solution to the problem... but... I wouldn’t bear to go through this again. Promise me you’ll fight to the end and won’t sacrifice yourself again. If you can’t do that, I’d rather keep you safe and distant."
Ruri swallowed hard with her face paling. Surely, she didn’t want to be just a decorative figure to him; she wished to always be by his side, witnessing and sharing everything he faced. The only occasion she would accept to be kept safe would be to bear and raise their children. However, for a cultivator, waiting fifteen years for a child to become an adult passed like a brief blink of an eye.
The whale sensed her conflict and spoke gently. "In my life, I’ve faced many desperate moments and overcome them all, coming out alive. I never gave up and thought I had taught you that and set the example; when there was a problem in the sect, I leaped into the abyss, but always trusted I could come out alive. No matter the situation, I never lost confidence in myself. If I couldn’t solve it, I learned to trust those around me, just give them a chance. That’s exactly what happened; who saved everyone wasn’t me..."
So, they recounted how Gaia, in collaboration with the Behemoth, solved everything. Alm and Bruno only contributed with the celestial miracle, but without the presence of both, nothing could have happened.
Surely, there was another path to the same outcome. Perhaps, if Ruri had joined Kaiyka and the two had utilized the maximum of their cultivations, with the missionary’s abilities, they could have the power to destroy the third seal of the formation and achieved the same result.
"You didn’t trust yourself or others, so you chose this path. To you, I’m the only one capable of solving everything, but sometimes I’m just the mediator. I’m not a hero; in fact, I’m more like the opposite. I’ve simply lived for a long time and that’s why I can do things that few can, but I’m not above you or my allies. How do you expect to be my wife and companion if you see yourself beneath me? I don’t want just a beauty by my side to amuse me; if that were the case, I’d better start a harem."
The final statement made Ruri jump in surprise. "No! I..."
Then, she lowered her head and pondered for a few moments. Afterward, she murmured: "Sorry... I always feel inferior... sometimes, I see how charismatic master is and how he attracts so many people quickly, and I think I’ll never be able to do things as well... Despite having a beautiful appearance, sometimes I feel small and incompatible, so I think master doesn’t want me. My mind always leads me to that side, even if I don’t want to."
Alm and Bruno sighed inwardly. "It’s weird for me too; I’ve always been hated and feared by everyone just for existing. But the manipulative Heaven’s Will leads me to unexpected situations, and I end up standing out positively in the eyes of strangers. And it’s all something of the situation, I don’t have that ability."
Ruri listened and smiled faintly, acknowledging that, despite some privileges and external influences, their merit lay in how they dealt with these situations. There’s no point in giving a sacred weapon to an idiot who wouldn’t know how to use it properly, whereas they always handle everything perfectly.
"And as for the other reason... I just wanted to make sure you were mature enough. In fact, I feel like if I surrender to you, Langrum will soon fall behind. But... things have changed."
Ruri’s eyes lit up; she remembered what they had said before. The Behemoth had helped rebuild their bodies with pure primordial power; now, they were much more than mortal. Moreover, she possessed the Behemoth’s marrow. Her master was anything but human, and over time, he had lost even more of his humanity. Perhaps she should now consider him more like a primordial beast with a tenuous human bloodline.
"Master almost resembles a primordial beast now... the more powerful and bloodline, the harder it is to have children." Quickly, she met their eyes, and they nodded in agreement. A radiant smile spread across her rosy lips. "Great... so we can try and try, without stopping and without fear. If it happens, excellent; if it takes too long, that’s also excellent."
Alm and Bruno sighed, but they couldn’t deny; having children now would hinder and limit them. Ruri was a pure human, and humans were known for their fertility, so they knew it would eventually happen. However, currently, even if they deliberately tried, they would find it difficult to conceive a child even in ten thousand years.
"You still haven’t promised. I love you, but I can just leave you here and only come back from time to time. I want allies, not more worries." The whale spoke firmly.
Ruri jumped in surprise and quickly replied with all her will and heart. "Sorry, I failed as a woman and disappointed you. I promised to be an incomparable woman, above others, but I always placed myself below you. Now, my goal is to always be by your side, on the same level as master. I will trust myself as much as I trust you. I promise, I will never choose to sacrifice myself again."
"Great. I have a lot of work to do, but before that, we have a party to attend." The whale spoke lightly, while Ruri remained completely confused. "I sent the message just now. Langrum, my mother, and all the women are waiting for you. By the way... now the whole planet will want to participate, so you can do something grand. After all, your wedding is unique. Go and choose everything."
Ruri was completely paralyzed in place. The whale just snorted and saw her eyes fill with tears, trembling. They put their hands on her head and stroked her gently.
It took a few minutes for her to calm down, and then she smiled and ran quickly. She understood the meaning of what was to come; after the ceremony, their relationship would reach its peak. She just wanted to fulfill all the formalities as quickly as possible.
’Your mind is focused on the wrong moment. But I’m sure no one will allow her to make the preparations carelessly,’ Bruno said softly. Then, they sat on the bed in the room and took a deep breath.
It was a long, grand, and desperate problem... now it was all over, and they were completely exhausted and tired... but their concerns had multiplied several times over at once. They gained a universe to take care of... it was madness just to think about it.
After a day, they recovered their Qi, Laws, and everything else. This planet was the central landmark for the restart of the universe; the center of the universe was where the greatest concentration of Qi and laws existed. Currently, the Pristine planet was the central divine world; in a short time, all cultivators here would easily break through to the divine realms. Everything here would change completely, it just lacked knowledge, and the whale would leave everything in the city for future generations to enjoy.
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Unfortunately, the laws of this universe were much inferior to those of the queen’s universe. But the cultivators here had something that people from no other universe had.
Even in Corin’s universe, where everything was primitive and in the beginning; chaos law for cultivators to study wasn’t easily found. The queen probably trapped primordial beasts to slowly drain their bloodlines; over time, the beasts could replenish what they lost. Thus, they were an endless source of power, which could transform into this law or other things.
Being limited, this should have been something exclusive to their most valuable heroes. Now, all cultivators in this universe could easily study and incorporate these laws into their bodies; it was impossible to predict the level of aberrations that would be created here. Moreover, all the whale’s worshippers would become Empyreans; something that wasn’t even so common in the divine world of that universe.
These two factors would put the people of this universe on a level that could compete with people from any other universe.
Currently, Alm and Bruno weren’t in a hurry to return. They had gained many celestial points and had enough to use inter-universal teleportation again. The Behemoth left a very specific message: He could protect this universe from the queen’s invasion for five thousand years, in her universe’s time.
In this universe, time passed differently from the queen’s universe. Five thousand years here would be almost a hundred times the time there. They were sure of this because of Almin. They killed him and then lived tens of thousands of years in this universe. But in the queen’s universe, only a few years had passed. It was Heaven’s Will itself that reincarnated him and kept his memories; with the limitations of power and influence that Heaven’s Will has, certainly his reincarnation was almost immediate after his death.
So, Alm and Bruno focused completely on studying the celestial knowledge of chaos law. They spent a month immersed in it, but they were always attentive to Ruri’s call. She didn’t show up, and they just stayed there.
When the fifth week passed, they felt the approach in the room; the door opened, and Rehvka appeared, smiling.
"Sister, and everything is ready. It will be tonight; come on, your clothes are ready."
She approached the whale and held his arm intimately, leading him outside. They could feel the two soft mounds on their arm and felt a little uncomfortable with it; they were getting married and Rehvka was too close. She noticed their reaction and spoke softly.
"I’ve already discussed this with her. When Ruri was just a dispute, she did much more than I do; don’t worry, as long as I don’t cross the limit we established between us, she won’t mind. Unless she can’t make master satisfied enough, in which case I..."
"Okay, just be quiet. You quiet look like a saintly woman," cut the whale sharply, and she trembled even more, smiling and happy.
It was late afternoon when they arrived at a building in the city. The whale and Rehvka were greeted by a smiling Oldis, who had prepared their clothes. They were clothes very similar to what the whale wore in his daily life; a white undergarment with a dark brown overcoat. However, extremely elaborate golden details adorned the overcoat, and an extravagant golden belt, full of adornments, completed the attire.
Alm and Bruno simply allowed the women to prepare them, without caring. At that moment, the whole city and the whole planet seemed to prepare in sync.
When night fell, there were no stars or moon in the sky, obviously. But cultivators could see perfectly, and with the chaos laws covering the space, there was a strange and mystical glow in the skies.
The party began in the city and would remain there. But at the same time, the whole planet was celebrating in synchrony, and a joyful energy completely covered the planet that night.
In all the cities of the Pristine planet, a new and detailed statue of the whale next to his wife was unveiled. Thus, everyone celebrated around them.
The whole city celebrated, as in an ancient birthday in the past that even had high-quality entertainment. It was a closed party, but now there were all the new inhabitants of the city who came from the four families. Everything was cheerful, and the dwarves started drinking, creating an aura of a true party that infected everyone.
When Ruri arrived, the formal ceremony began. With the help of the High Elves from the families, a high-quality elven fabric was given to her as a gift. Her usual white dress was renewed to fit her current physique. Thanks to the changes the whale made internally in her and the reconstructions she made herself, her waist widened, and other parts changed slightly.
New elements in her attire were added, like a glove that covered her arms up to the beginning of her shoulders. They were simple changes, but Ruri emitted a completely different aura than usual. She would finally become a complete woman, and that seemed to radiate from her.
When their eyes met, a fervent glow emerged in her, and she approached. She held his hand and squeezed it tightly; Alm and Bruno clearly felt that she wanted everything to end as quickly as possible. In the end, it was something simple that took less than an hour. Afterwards, everyone escorted the whale and Ruri back to the castle. The ones who should celebrate were the people; the couple should formalize other things.
As they entered the room slowly, Ruri’s steps began to slow and timid. The whale just sighed; they had to control themselves and stay calm, as the first time should be gentle, and they would have to guide her gently... or not... because as soon as they gave the first kiss, Ruri was already in full-on fire mode.
In the end, they were the ones who had to calm her down and guide her carefully. They allowed her to explore, question, and learn about everything she desired. After that, things flowed as they should. Bruno was as careful as possible not to hurt her. And she, who thought she had already felt as disoriented and aimless as ever, gazed upon the true Tai Mountain above her.
Completely glued to them, Ruri slept completely exhausted. But it lasted only long enough for them to rest a bit. When she woke up, she spoke softly with a seductive look.
"I love master being gentle and caring, wouldn’t live without it. But there are two, right? I want to feel and satisfy both properly. You can go all out now, and be as rough and wild as you can; even if you try, I’ll never break..."
Alm and Bruno sighed, then hesitated watching her move off the bed. She noticed their gaze and chuckled softly, putting her hands to her mouth. "Hm? It’s better not to break anything, hehehe..."